West Virginia held the #1 spot all season, to the surprise
of myself and I am sure everyone reading this.Their final SBPI rating of 437.8 as the 9th best team of the
last 16 seasons (as far back as the SBPI goes), which is obviously incredible
and stands out as a lone wolf of sorts.What else is interesting is the Mountaineers were the only team in the
2015-2016 season to register a rating of 400.0 or above – how odd is that?Here is a chart showing number of teams that finished at that minimum rating in each season:

2003

3

2004

2

2005

3

2006

1

2007

2

2008

4

2009

4

2010

4

2011

3

2012

1

2013

2

2014

3

2015

5

2016

1

So it is not unprecedented but it’s just the third time in
sixteen seasons we saw only one team reach 400.0.Last year we had a record FIVE teams hit the
400.0 rating including the National Champion Duke Blue Devils, who finished
last year at a rating of 425.8, which was tops in the country.

This year’s National Champion Villanova finished the year
ranked 2nd in SBPI with a rating of 394.8, which would slot them as
the 42nd best team over the last 16 seasons according to SBPI.In addition this was the 4th best
Villanova team over the same time period, trailing:

2006 team (448.4 rating,
#1 that season, #6 overall)

2005 team (410.8 rating,
#2 that season, #25 overall)

2015 team (408.4 rating,
#5 that season, #29 overall)

Conference
strength & # of teams inside Top 50:

RANK

CONFERENCE

AVG RATING

TOP 50

1

B12

324.7

7

2

ACC

322.9

12

3

BIG EAST

301.3

6

4

P12

294.3

7

5

B10

279.3

7

6

SEC

273.5

5

7

AAC

244.4

2

8

A10

232.9

2

9

COLONIAL

232.6

10

HORIZON

224.0

11

MWC

221.9

1

12

MVC

216.2

1

13

WCC

206.6

14

BIG WEST

206.1

15

SUMMIT

203.5

16

MAC

199.6

17

SB

197.2

18

IVY

195.1

19

SOUTHERN

182.1

20

CUSA

167.5

21

OVC

167.1

22

BIG SOUTH

160.3

23

MAAC

157.1

24

WAC

150.5

25

BIG SKY

145.5

26

AMER EAST

144.0

27

SOUTHLAND

143.9

28

PATRIOT

139.5

29

ATL SUN

135.4

30

SWAC

119.0

31

NORTHEAST

111.2

32

MEAC

109.7

Next up let’s look
at all non-Power 6 conference teams (ACC, BE, B10, B12, P12, SEC) that finished
the season ranked inside the SBPI Top 100 (37 in total):

ADJ RATINGS

Team

RS

Conf

OFF RANK

DEF RANK

SUM

RANK

Wichita State

3

MVC

72

6

339.8

22

VCU

3

A10

54

9

326.6

27

Cincinnati

5

AAC

43

20

326.3

28

Southern Methodist

3

AAC

52

39

303.3

41

Gonzaga

2

WCC

59

37

301.0

42

George Washington

3

A10

45

61

296.8

45

Connecticut

4

AAC

88

27

285.8

53

Boise State

5

MWC

73

50

285.0

55

Valparaiso

5

HORIZON

80

42

284.4

56

San Diego State

4

MWC

113

16

283.7

58

Tulsa

5

AAC

69

58

283.5

59

Saint Joseph's

4

A10

60

69

283.3

60

Yale

2

IVY

85

46

278.7

63

North Carolina-Wilmington

2

COLONIAL

64

76

277.4

64

Long Beach State

0

BIG WEST

50

107

273.8

66

Dayton

4

A10

103

34

272.5

67

Northern Iowa

2

MVC

128

21

271.7

68

Rhode Island

4

A10

122

28

268.9

71

Brigham Young

3

WCC

63

115

262.5

73

Temple

2

AAC

123

38

262.3

74

Hofstra

4

COLONIAL

47

147

261.2

75

Fresno State

4

MWC

82

90

256.6

80

South Dakota State

4

SUMMIT

81

101

255.2

81

Memphis

4

AAC

79

111

253.6

83

Morehead State

1

OVC

104

72

252.1

84

Princeton

5

IVY

108

79

248.4

86

Charleston

3

COLONIAL

247

12

246.3

88

William & Mary

4

COLONIAL

86

119

244.9

89

Davidson

4

A10

51

195

244.7

90

Louisiana-Lafayette

5

SB

68

165

244.3

91

Arkansas-Little Rock

2

SB

175

35

243.9

92

Stephen F. Austin

4

SOUTHLAND

139

62

243.5

93

UNLV

2

MWC

93

114

242.2

95

Northeastern

4

COLONIAL

114

96

239.8

96

Green Bay

2

HORIZON

65

201

236.8

98

Texas-Arlington

2

SB

106

116

234.6

99

George Mason

3

A10

126

97

233.5

100

Here is a matrix
of where each team ranked inside the Final Top 20 of the SBPI checked in during
the season:

Team

25-Jan

1-Feb

9-Feb

15-Feb

26-Feb

2-Mar

14-Mar

After Rd1

After Rd2

After S16

After E8

FINAL

West Virginia

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

Villanova

4

8

4

3

5

5

7

9

10

10

3

2

Baylor

9

7

3

4

3

2

2

2

2

2

2

3

Xavier

3

5

10

8

6

7

10

10

6

6

6

4

Kansas

2

3

5

2

2

3

3

6

4

4

4

5

Virginia

18

12

12

13

13

13

5

7

8

8

7

6

Louisville

31

18

14

12

7

6

6

4

3

3

5

7

North Carolina

14

15

13

17

18

18

12

14

12

12

11

8

Texas A&M

6

2

2

9

10

8

8

3

5

5

8

9

Miami (FL)

12

10

9

7

9

10

9

8

7

7

9

10

Oregon

8

4

7

6

8

9

4

5

9

9

10

11

Duke

15

11

8

5

4

4

11

11

11

11

12

12

Pittsburgh

35

29

28

18

15

14

14

15

13

13

13

13

Purdue

11

13

15

15

14

12

13

12

14

14

14

14

Wisconsin

16

16

21

16

11

11

16

16

16

16

15

15

Providence

28

21

22

25

22

28

25

24

22

22

19

16

Florida

7

6

6

10

16

16

17

13

15

15

16

17

Michigan State

10

14

16

14

17

17

15

17

18

18

17

18

Georgia Tech

29

19

24

30

26

26

24

20

19

19

21

19

Butler

33

42

41

29

28

27

29

25

24

24

23

20

Here is a table
that shows how on a weekly basis the SBPI tied to each team’s final ranking:

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